Examining Individual Differences in the Internalization of Political Values: Validation of the Self-Determination Scale of Political Motivation

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-61

  Losier, Gaetan F ^a   Perreault, Stéphane ^b   Koestner, Richard ^c   Vallerand, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internalization; Motivation; Politics; Scale; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007471124     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.2000.2300     Document Type: Article

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